.David Hale, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 06:14 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Grad of the Educational institution of Delaware.If college football were actually an anime, there will possess been actually a moment last December, following the board disregarded an undefeated Fla Condition team from the playoff, when Mike Norvell would've concluded this was actually as bad as factors could receive, all while unconsciously standing under a piano perilously being raised to a 20th-floor window.Of course, after Fla State was up to Norvell's former school, Memphis, 20-12 on Sunday, it's entirely achievable the Seminoles would certainly prefer the piano to reality.Nine months ago, Florida Condition had the planet's compassion-- at the very least the parts of the world that do not shout "S-E-C, S-E-C" at wedding ceremonies, funeral services as well as children's parties. It was easy to as if that staff. It was actually a group that battled more difficult after losing QB Jordan Travis, that gave all it needed to keep winning, that skipped its own shot at the playoff certainly not due to its personal oversights but due to the committee's whim.Editor's Picks1 RelatedNow, there is actually no compassion. There is actually merely a peculiar mix of shame, frustration and dark wit, like spilling a cocktail down the front end of your pants.The named beneficiary of the board's decision was actually Alabama, as well as traits could possibly've easily moved toward a hopeless 2024 for the Trend, also. They dropped their championship game, swung adieu to the best instructor in the sport's record, after that viewed an exodus of players into the site, featuring five who left behind for Tallahassee.And yet, on the very same day Fla State reached a new nadir, Alabama bent the exact same muscle mass it thus frequently carried out under Chip Saban, wiping out Wisconsin 42-10 responsible for a five-touchdown functionality from Jalen Milroe.In an extra simply planet, Florida State could've earned a little great aura after the indignity of its own playoff snub. In a more reasonable world, Alabama might, only when, be dealt a bad hand.But college football has shown, time and again, it doesn't love justness, however it does possess one heck of a sense of humor.So in Madison, the Tide concerned obtain down.Alabama players dive about throughout Dive Around pic.twitter.com/OytiNveT43u2014 Patrick Greenfield (@PCGreenfield) September 14, 2024 And also in Tallahassee, Fla State prepares to load it up as well as load it in.For Alabama, the lineup turnover only clearance for brand-new superstars, like fresher recipient Ryan Williams, who caught four balls for 78 lawns and also a touchdown in Saturday's succeed. Williams is actually just 17-- birthed only seven months before Saban coached his first video game at Alabama, not aged sufficient to also keep in mind there was actually an opportunity something like an 0-3 beginning will be actually unthinkable at Fla State.For FSU, there's no clear pathway onward. DJ Uiagalelei has actually been awful, the ground activity has mustered little, the offensive line that was actually intended typically be a strength received manhandled by a Group of 5 program, and the protection, which played its own absolute best activity Saturday, still is full of gaps. For the Seminoles, the only silver lining to take from this difficult begin to the time is it may possess reduced the course's media evaluation good enough that it can easily get away from the ACC for a standard leave charge and some Kohl's cash.Nine months earlier, there can be an affordable discussion regarding the comparative resumu00e9s of Alabama and Florida Condition. On Sunday, throughout office rests of the Trend's clunk of Wisconsin, it was actually feasible to flip in between adds for "9-1-1: Lone Star" including an enormous train derailment and an FSU game featuring an even more terrible learn wreck.To witness what is actually become of Fla Condition while considering that the committee supplied its own judgment is difficult to know, an avalanche of ceaseless anguish generally set aside for "Found" flicks or minor climate issues at LAX.But it costs taking into consideration just how totally incomprehensible it is for Alabama to be below, also-- 3-0 with a roadway gain in Big 10 nation only months after Saban's leave. Alabama has actually been actually the design for continual effectiveness for a generation, which uniformity was actually typically credited to Saban's relentlessness. Yet even he reached out to a factor in which it was time for one thing brand-new, and also but Alabama continues plugging along-- one prevailing win after yet another, as reliable as the sunrise.None of this particular is actually evidence the committee received its own choice straight, obviously. That was actually final time-- a various crew, a different time. But it is verification that in this turbulent sport, achievement is actually fleeting as well as opportunity often encounters past like a Florida Condition linebacker skipping a deal with at the line of scrimmage.And even at a spot like Alabama, a plan that has stood certainly versus the winds of adjustment for 16 years currently, it's constantly much better to enjoy the good things while you possess all of them. Given that if there's anything our team've learned from viewing Florida Condition these previous 9 months it's this: It can consistently get worse.Jump to: LSU makes it through|Character shifts|Arizona's most popular staff The first 56 minutes of Saturday's activity versus South Carolina was much from positive for LSU.A series of unique groups gaffes, 2 turn overs as well as some major operates by Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers possessed the Tigers having fun catchup commonly. South Carolina leapt out to a 24-10 lead, found LSU take ahead for a while in the fourth quarter, then found Rocket Sanders blow up for a 66-yard score.play1:20 Jumping block rejects LSU punt, sets up South Carolina TDMaurice Brown II blocks the LSU punting, which puts together a Raheim Sanders goal to pad the Gamecocks' lead.With less than 4 minutes to play, LSU tracked through 4, and also Brian Kelly had undergone all six stages of anguish: Aggravation, indignation, animosity, temper, inquiring to talk with the supervisor and, eventually, speculating the implementation his players.But Garrett Nussmeier rode to the saving with his 29-yard fulfillment to Kyren Lacy to trigger a 55-yard touchdown ride to place LSU up 36-33. South Carolina had one final split at the succeed, attempting a 49-yard basket as time ran out, but it skipped, offering Kelly an opportunity to commemorate a hard-earned win prior to going back to his office to see film and shout in to a pillow.Week 3 feel shiftsTrending down: Finishing all your throwsThe good news for Michigan QB Davis Warren is actually every pass he threw in Michigan's 28-18 draw Arkansas Condition on Saturday was actually caught.The bad news is actually, 3 of all of them were caught through Arkansas State players.So, below's where our team are with the speaking up for champs: After years revolving through a carousel of quarterbacks that succeeded their position by finding a golden ticket under a Detroit-style pizza, the Wolverines were actually alleviated to two periods of J.J. McCarthy and presumed possibly things had actually transformed forever. Instead, Warren is balancing 6.1 yards-per-pass with two touchdowns and 6 choices with 3 games.Now, USC performs deck upcoming week, and also Michigan is actually left behind searching for a response in between Warren or Alex Orji or even to hope there is actually an additional QB tucked away in Jim Harbaugh's deserted storage locker behind those cartons designated "indicators for each rival, 2020-2023." Trending up: UNLV's situation for Pac-12 expansionMatthew Sluka led an 18-play, 75-yard goal drive that ate 9:31 off the clock in the fourth one-fourth Friday night, as well as UNLV distressed Kansas 23-20. It was actually the Rebels' 2nd win over a Power 4 opponent already this period after dumping Houston in the opener. Just how excellent is that? Getting Into Saturday, Northern Illinois' trouble of Notre Dame was the only other Team of 5 sway a power association foe.Like with anything in Las vega, it is actually a little bit of capability and a ton of luck.play0:40 UNLV somehow thinks of crazy fumble vs. KansasMatthew Sluka messes up the ball, but in some way UNLV maintains property after the round touches a number of Kansas players' hands.Still, it is actually risk-free to point out Barry Odom has the Rebels peaking at the right time, with UNLV's purchases sound to the growing Pac-12 now appearing fairly strong: A big market, a great crew, and access to myriad all-night snack bars. After that all Odom requires to carry out is actually take that Pac-12 payout in potato chips, wager all of it on black on a single roulette spin, double down two or three even more opportunities, and boom-- UNLV is actually enjoying with SEC money.Land of the increasing Sunlight DevilsA year earlier, Arizona was the beloved of the university regulation football globe after a rollicking 10-3 period, while Arizona State was a laughing sell required to begin a chorus of straining quarterbacks probably including a pair guys they found waiting outside a Tempe In-N-Out Burger.What a difference a year makes.Arizona swayed bye-bye to head trainer Jedd Fisch, who left for Washington, as well as opened this time with 2 ineffectual draw New Mexico and also Northern Arizona before falling to Kansas State 31-7 on Friday. It was Arizona's worst offensive performance considering that being actually shut out at Colorado in 2021. The Sunshine Devils, alternatively, found a QB in Sam Leavitt and are actually riding higher after desisting Texas State on Thursday 31-28, beginning 3-0 for the first time because 2019. Arizona State is actually the surprise team of 2024 until now (unless you count negative shocks, which Fla Condition hopes you do not), and Dillingham's turnaround of a course left in wreckage after the Herm Edwards period finished exactly as everyone said it would.